Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Tobacco, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS), which rose 5.87% or 208.50 points to trade at 3763.00 at the close. Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) added 3.18% or 83.00 points to end at 2691.50 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was up 2.86% or 8.20 points to 295.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSE PLC (LON:SSE), which lost 8.28% or 103.50 points to trade at 1147.00 in late trade. Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) declined 3.61% or 5.40 points to end at 144.35 and CRH PLC (LON:CRH) shed 1.93% or 48.00 points to 2437.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1164 to 847 and 340 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.61% or 7.30 to $1209.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.81% or 1.25 to hit $70.50 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.43 to trade at $79.49 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.01% to 1.3035, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8920.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 94.84.